The august days of August is the time of the year when I normally set forth on mountain adventures, heaving up and down winding trails through granite monoliths and grassy meadows while carrying enough weight to make my body complain for the rest of the year. This summer has been a bit different, and hence I have resorted to going through my archives and reliving memories of past summers spent in thin air.
One such undertaking was a grand backpack through the Teton Crest trail in Grand Teton National Park, a 32 mile gem that winds above, through and around the craggy mountainscapes of the Teton Range. Hiking it in August meant that I could catch the best of the short wildflower season filled with daisies, Indian Paintbrush, lupines and tidytips, while also getting the best of the summer weather. The sheer diversity and beauty of mountainscapes I witnessed in that hike was bar none.
Here is one such wildflower-filled scene in the Alaska Basin, a section of the trail outside the park boundaries.
Grand Teton National Park
WY USA